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F. S. JOHNSTON. CHEVRON.

No. 400,218. Patented Ma.1.26. 1889.

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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

F. S. JOHNSTON.

CHEVRON.

No. 400,218. Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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F. S. JOHNSTON.

CHEVRON.

No. 400,218. Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FRANCIS S. JOHNSTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHEVRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,218, dated March 26, 1889.

' Application filed August 23, 1888. Serial No. 283,544. (No specimens.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANcIs S. JOHNSTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Chevrons;

and I do declare the following to be a full,`

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention has relation to chevrons and methods of'manufacturing the same; and my invention has for its obj ect the production of a chevron of neat and attractive appearance and more durable than any heretofore produced.

My invention has for its further object the provision of means whereby chevrons of whatever character may be manufactured in quantity at less cost and expenditure of labor and material than heretofore; and my invention consists in the novel article hereinafter described and claimed.

Heretofore chevrons have been manufactured by cutting them out of a piece of cloth of a material and color adapted to the grade of rank or the arm of service which the chevron was designed to indicate, and in Letters Patent of the United States granted to me the 21st day of January, A. D. 1873, No. 135,124, I have described a chevron composed of a body of material of proper color having lines of applique stitching substituted for the braid In addition to the strips of cloth, chevrons are generally provided with a section of cloth which is secured at the inner angle of the ornamented strips, and is formed or provided with a symbol indicative of the particular calling or position of the wearer. These symbols or insignia have heretofore been produced by cutting or stamping out the cloth and backing or throwing up the stenciled figure by means of a piece of material of contrasting color.

In carrying my present invention into effect I Weave a ribbon or tape having both its edges selvaged, by means of a Jacquard loom, in such manner that the desired alternating stripes of color or material are produced as an integra-l part of the strip itself, and I preferably produce a striped lace composed of metallic threads interwoven with threads of silk or lother textile substance, the metallic and text-v ile threads being so interwoven that the resultant product will present alternate stripes of metallic and textile material continuous throughout its length. The material so produced I cut into lengths having oppositely-v biased ends, and, having folded each such section over at its middle, I run a line of stitching diagonally across the doubled strip from the corner of the folded end to the opposite edge. The folded strip is then spread out and the two ends lie at right angles, and the pocket formed by the stitching is pressed down, and the chevron is thus completed without .any cutting, except the single cut which separates the section from the roll. Vhere the insignia is to be supplied with the chevron, I produce the same by embroidering it upon a section of cloth and sewing the embroidered section upon the angular piece produced, as before described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l is a plan view of a completed chevron; Fig. 2, a View of the back of the same; Fig. 3, a view of the folded strip, showing the line of stitching; Fig. et, a view of the strip aft-er having been cut off the roll and before being folded; Fig. 5, a modification, and Fig. 6 a detail view showing different insignia.

A designates the strip, composed of alternate bands or stripes, B O, which may, as before said, be of different color and materialas gold and red, silver and blue, tc-according to the arm of the service and in number according to the rank which the chevron is adapted to indicate. The strip A is cut from the roll on the bias, each cut being made ata reverse angle to the preceding one, so that the two ends of the strip are biased in opposite directions without any waste whatsoever. The strip (shown in Fig. 4) is then folded at the middle, and a line of stitching, a d, run from one corner of the folded edge to the opposite side, leaving a pocket, D. The two ends of the section are then spread apart, andby reason of the angular line of stitching a a they lie at right angles to each other, as shown in IOO Figs. l and 2. The pocket D is then spread out and pressed down, thus completing the article,with the exception of the insignia-piece E, which, having had the proper symbol embroidered upon it in the desired shade of thread, is served in place, as shown in Figs. l, and 2.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification of iny invention, wherein the fabric which composes the body of the strip A is not Woven with the stripes, but in which the latter are securely sewed on the strip th ron ghout its entire length before the strip is folded and sewed at co a. In this forni it will be noted that the stripes,

While not an integral portion of the strip, are

folded with the same and secured bythe saine line of stitching, whereas in the old form of chevron the stripes had to be separately initered and sewed together at their ends.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A chevron composed of a single piece of lace or ribbon having Woven integral with the fabric continuons strips of contrasting color or material running in parallel lines length- Wise of the tape or ribbon, and having Woven selvaged and finished edges, substantially as described.

2. A chevron formed from a single piece of lace or ribbon in which strips of contrasting color or material are Woven integral with the fabric and. in continuons parallel lines lengthwise of the tape or ribbon, the chevron being folded at the center and mit-ered by a single row of stitching, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed mysig 3 5 nature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANCIS JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

.I os. B. CoNNoLLv, THos. A. CoNNoLLv. 

